And... you get modded as flamebait for it. Lets hope that the metamoderation knocks out whoever did that (c'mon people READ the moderator guidelines).
As for the question that someone asked on why faith is incompatiable with evolution - I'll take a Judeo-Christian view. According to Genesis, sin entered the world through Adam, and as a part of that sin is what causes death (in both man and animals). A necessary component to evolution is death which sets itself completely opposite to that view.
For myself - I'd wait for the findings to be verified. Its too simple to just claim you have a new fossil, and its also possible to fake records (which has been done numerous times in the past). However, one fossil doesn't really destroy creation or intelligent design theory (and just because you, the nerd at the computer, refuse to hold evolution as a rational belief (that it could be disproven) shows that you don't have the intellectual high ground which you think you do) - there are still too many holes in evolution to prove its claims (why did only the 'missing links' die, if they're an improvement on prior species shouldn't they have had a higher survival rate?).
If I wanted realism... I'd just go outside. Instead of sprouting all this 'better graphics = great games' crap did they ever stop to consider that gameplay matters?
The moderation I'm getting on the posts are pretty interesting... it really shows how people mod according to their agenda instead of to what contributes to the discussion. (Lots of troll/overrated mixed in with the insightful/informative)
Why? Because I prefer accuracy, instead of vague and meaningless claims? You sound very defensive and uptight.
Because you prefer making claims that aren't really supported in order to promote the ipod. In your world I could tape my ipod to the hood of my car - then you'd have the feature of iPods being able to be used as vehicles!
What features are you talking about that don't exist on an iPod? Multiple codecs. Voice recording. FM radio/tuner.Without an external perpherial that does it.
You can record on an iPod
iPods come with voice recording straight out of the box? Wow. Belkin must not be getting many sales with its voice recorder.
the iPod is also not tied to iTunes. Wow? Last time I touched an ipod you couldn't play music on it that wasn't synced via iTunes. I guess now you can use an ipod like a hard drive and just throw your music on it so it can play! When did that change?
the iPods are really quite rugged - and there are thousands of different protective cases available. I wasn't really debating that at all... but if you wanted to go that route - click hereherehere... and there're lots more that you could find.
and you appear to be perpetuating these misconceptions. And you appear to be a mindless fanboy.
For devices... I go for the quality. I know I can get a PDA/phone/mp3 player/camera/whatever, but I really don't want one device that does everything - I want separate devices which do their job well instead of one device which does a dozen things weakly. What actually got me to get a mp3 player was when I was using my old Tungsten T as an mp3 player, I couldn't get the storage I wanted and while it did it, it didn't do the job great.
If you want to go for the comparison against a PDA:
Battery life:
HD mp3, 15 hours
PDA, 4-8 hours
Storage space:
HD mp3, 20 gb
PDA, 128 mb; to equal the storage space you need 20 gigs... using 1 gig compact flash it takes $1000.
Cost:
HD mp3, $250
PDA, $250 + $1000 = $1250
You can also get into sound quality debates and other things... but in all it does make sense for people to use mp3 players if they're looking at using it for heavier amounts of music (like I do).
One thing the article completely forgets - ipods aren't the only mp3 players on the market. All the different advantages (except actually having a disk) that it describes already exist in other models/brands of mp3 players (I've used my iRiver for recording and storage - which it gets read as an external hard drive, thus avoiding the issues the article has)... but don't exist in the ipod. But, thats what the masses do don't they? Every mp3 player is an ipod to them. Back to reality - outside really liking the minidisk format, there aren't that many reasons for using it over a mp3 player.
Why do I use a HD mp3 player? It stores a large amount of music. I don't want to have to juggle around dozens of cds or in this case minidisks, I have over 15 gigs of music on my mp3 player and I don't have the time to find the disk that I want when I want to listen to certain things, nor does the space it takes to store all the disks appeal to me. I like having a device which can store large amounts of data - after trips with groups I'll normally get a dump of all the pictures that the group has taken and put them on my mp3 player to transfer.
I've tried the mp3 cds (which was giving me 700 megs of storage compared to the 305 megs you get from older minidisks using the hi-md format), but I ended up having too many... and when I wanted to add music to it it meant that I had to burn a whole new disk... and I just plain didn't like using it... and my mp3 player has proven to be a whole lot more solid than any cd player I've come across (I've dropped it many times, left it out in my car through all the extremes of Michigan's weather, and its still been great).
Peter was crucified as well.
Cruxifiction was *historically* the ultimate death penalty by the Romans... which I believed only one person has ever survived from - and only because he was granted a pardon right after he was put up.
I actually find its easier to play with the lights off - having the items on the screen move but everything else in my field of vision stay put seems to be what causes all the nausea problems for me... and turning off the lights removes them.
Wow... yay for the power of subscribing. I decided to check out the site before the headline hit the front page, and a minute later the server slowed to a crawl. Gotta love the/. effect.
Singapore does seem like a good location to have it - its equatoral so launches should be much easier... plus the country has a phenominal infrastructure.
My only question - where in the country are they going to build it? The last time I was there (2 years ago) the models the building authority had showed all the land available was already built on (the only places that weren't built on were set aside for military use and were recently 'reclaimed' - meaning that it wasn't safe to build on yet).
Might this be because he isn't bothering acquiring any new licenses since the German tax loophole is finally closed? (I believe that he had FarCry before the tax laws were changed)
Instead of relying on the publisher to fact check an author's work... why shouldn't it be dependent on the reader? Its not an idea thats new for historians. Instead of relying on the idea that everything that the book says is the gospel truth (good) historians are taught to think critically about it - you're supposed to tear apart what the author says, test their arguments, and look closely at their evidence.
With that said... since the majority of Americans do not think critically... its a sad state that publishers don't fact check.
Stardock is a pretty good company. I've been keeping up with the developers journals about GalCiv II and the amount of work that they've put into it to make something good is above and beyond what people do these days. Instead of the patch mentality that most companies have they're trying to get the game shipped in a finished state... which more companies really should follow.
It also helps that their staff regularly reads the forums and answers questions...
Not really... the a veteran pilot in a F-16 pretty much dominates the skies as of now - not to mention the F-22A which just flew its first operational mission.
I'll admit it - I used to subscribe and collect Nintendo Powers for the comics. The only ones that I can (remotely) remember anything about were the Metroid and the Starfox ones which came out during the Super Nintendo days.
Unlike 'The Wizard' Nintendo Power actually had value in that it offered other things such as those comics and strategy guides.
The site's back up... what they said is that the hosting company was notified that they were being investigated (due to the nature of what occurred... I'd think it was some form of police investigation) - in turn the host shut down the site because they figured the site was in the wrong no matter what.
From their boards it looks like their host is now trying to get rid of the forums on the site altogether.
Its a moot point - what matters is that the disk that GameFly would send you is damaged. Its the same thing as borrowing something from a friend and breaking it.
GameFly really is being fair by letting the user get their first one free and warning them. They could just charge you for the damage without telling you anything - or with the first disk. They're a company and they can't afford to constantly absorb the costs for people who rent a game and scratch it (badly enough so its unplayable) over and over.
It actually is the reason why Google News has never gone 'live'. The problem that Google found themselves in is that Google News takes copyrighted pictures and displays them; while Google doesn't make money directly off Google News they find themselves under the definition of fair use - however, once they start making money off the service they open themselves up for copyright infringement.
Its been tried. Subliminal messages were used at one point but they weren't very effective; people bought magazines, etc with the messages in them more because they thought they were amusing and wanted to see them than any subconcious processes. Sorry I don't have any references to this... its just what I remember from my personality theory class's lecture a month back.
Actually... thats sort of how hypnosis works - its considered a lowered state of conciousness (though not quite sleeping) where the subject is extremely succeptible to suggestions, and thus acts outs those suggestions (which is why hypnosis is not considered valid legal evidence)
I'm in the same boat - my 120's hard drive is slowly killing itself and while its still covered by the extra protection plan that I bought there're no other players out there that I'm remotely interested in.
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As for the question that someone asked on why faith is incompatiable with evolution - I'll take a Judeo-Christian view. According to Genesis, sin entered the world through Adam, and as a part of that sin is what causes death (in both man and animals). A necessary component to evolution is death which sets itself completely opposite to that view.
For myself - I'd wait for the findings to be verified. Its too simple to just claim you have a new fossil, and its also possible to fake records (which has been done numerous times in the past). However, one fossil doesn't really destroy creation or intelligent design theory (and just because you, the nerd at the computer, refuse to hold evolution as a rational belief (that it could be disproven) shows that you don't have the intellectual high ground which you think you do) - there are still too many holes in evolution to prove its claims (why did only the 'missing links' die, if they're an improvement on prior species shouldn't they have had a higher survival rate?).
If I wanted realism... I'd just go outside. Instead of sprouting all this 'better graphics = great games' crap did they ever stop to consider that gameplay matters?
The moderation I'm getting on the posts are pretty interesting... it really shows how people mod according to their agenda instead of to what contributes to the discussion. (Lots of troll/overrated mixed in with the insightful/informative)
Why? Because I prefer accuracy, instead of vague and meaningless claims? You sound very defensive and uptight.
Because you prefer making claims that aren't really supported in order to promote the ipod. In your world I could tape my ipod to the hood of my car - then you'd have the feature of iPods being able to be used as vehicles!
Multiple codecs. Voice recording. FM radio/tuner.Without an external perpherial that does it.
You can record on an iPod
iPods come with voice recording straight out of the box? Wow. Belkin must not be getting many sales with its voice recorder.
the iPod is also not tied to iTunes.
Wow? Last time I touched an ipod you couldn't play music on it that wasn't synced via iTunes. I guess now you can use an ipod like a hard drive and just throw your music on it so it can play! When did that change?
the iPods are really quite rugged - and there are thousands of different protective cases available.
I wasn't really debating that at all... but if you wanted to go that route - click here here here... and there're lots more that you could find.
and you appear to be perpetuating these misconceptions.
And you appear to be a mindless fanboy.
Archos Jukebox 5000, 6000, Studio, Recorder, FM Recorder V2, and Onido
iRivier H100, H300
iAudio X5
Gotta love Rockbox (rockbox.org)
If you want to go for the comparison against a PDA:
Battery life:
HD mp3, 15 hours
PDA, 4-8 hours
Storage space:
HD mp3, 20 gb
PDA, 128 mb; to equal the storage space you need 20 gigs... using 1 gig compact flash it takes $1000.
Cost:
HD mp3, $250 PDA, $250 + $1000 = $1250
You can also get into sound quality debates and other things... but in all it does make sense for people to use mp3 players if they're looking at using it for heavier amounts of music (like I do).
Why do I use a HD mp3 player? It stores a large amount of music. I don't want to have to juggle around dozens of cds or in this case minidisks, I have over 15 gigs of music on my mp3 player and I don't have the time to find the disk that I want when I want to listen to certain things, nor does the space it takes to store all the disks appeal to me. I like having a device which can store large amounts of data - after trips with groups I'll normally get a dump of all the pictures that the group has taken and put them on my mp3 player to transfer.
I've tried the mp3 cds (which was giving me 700 megs of storage compared to the 305 megs you get from older minidisks using the hi-md format), but I ended up having too many... and when I wanted to add music to it it meant that I had to burn a whole new disk... and I just plain didn't like using it... and my mp3 player has proven to be a whole lot more solid than any cd player I've come across (I've dropped it many times, left it out in my car through all the extremes of Michigan's weather, and its still been great).
Peter was crucified as well. Cruxifiction was *historically* the ultimate death penalty by the Romans... which I believed only one person has ever survived from - and only because he was granted a pardon right after he was put up.
You can also buy it in the budget software bins for under $10.
I actually find its easier to play with the lights off - having the items on the screen move but everything else in my field of vision stay put seems to be what causes all the nausea problems for me... and turning off the lights removes them.
Wow... yay for the power of subscribing. I decided to check out the site before the headline hit the front page, and a minute later the server slowed to a crawl. Gotta love the /. effect.
Singapore does seem like a good location to have it - its equatoral so launches should be much easier... plus the country has a phenominal infrastructure. My only question - where in the country are they going to build it? The last time I was there (2 years ago) the models the building authority had showed all the land available was already built on (the only places that weren't built on were set aside for military use and were recently 'reclaimed' - meaning that it wasn't safe to build on yet).
Might this be because he isn't bothering acquiring any new licenses since the German tax loophole is finally closed? (I believe that he had FarCry before the tax laws were changed)
With that said... since the majority of Americans do not think critically... its a sad state that publishers don't fact check.
It also helps that their staff regularly reads the forums and answers questions...
Not really... the a veteran pilot in a F-16 pretty much dominates the skies as of now - not to mention the F-22A which just flew its first operational mission.
Unlike 'The Wizard' Nintendo Power actually had value in that it offered other things such as those comics and strategy guides.
From their boards it looks like their host is now trying to get rid of the forums on the site altogether.
GameFly really is being fair by letting the user get their first one free and warning them. They could just charge you for the damage without telling you anything - or with the first disk. They're a company and they can't afford to constantly absorb the costs for people who rent a game and scratch it (badly enough so its unplayable) over and over.
Thank God... you've managed to say what pisses me off about /. so much. Well done!
It actually is the reason why Google News has never gone 'live'. The problem that Google found themselves in is that Google News takes copyrighted pictures and displays them; while Google doesn't make money directly off Google News they find themselves under the definition of fair use - however, once they start making money off the service they open themselves up for copyright infringement.
Its been tried. Subliminal messages were used at one point but they weren't very effective; people bought magazines, etc with the messages in them more because they thought they were amusing and wanted to see them than any subconcious processes. Sorry I don't have any references to this... its just what I remember from my personality theory class's lecture a month back.
Actually... thats sort of how hypnosis works - its considered a lowered state of conciousness (though not quite sleeping) where the subject is extremely succeptible to suggestions, and thus acts outs those suggestions (which is why hypnosis is not considered valid legal evidence)
Wow, I never knew Microsoft was going for a complete change in their business model.
I'm in the same boat - my 120's hard drive is slowly killing itself and while its still covered by the extra protection plan that I bought there're no other players out there that I'm remotely interested in.